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Ex libris - Ibis - van Dominicus van Hoytema.
1903. An image of an ibis bird including Egyptian hieratic script. Olive green print on paper. In fine condition. Tipped on to cream card; perfect for framing. 126 mm × 95 mm
Book ID: 2967More details Price: £20.00 -
Examples of San Bernardino of Siena.
Chosen by Ada Harrison
London: Gerald Howe, 1926. This is the fine vellum-bound edition on handmade paper. Ornamental gilt panel to upper board, and gilt title to spine. Limitation of 1050 copies, this is one of the 105 on handmade paper- and is numbered #103. Signed to the limitation page by the illustrator, Robert Sargent Austin. Top of page edges gilt. In original slipcase. 29 woodcuts, including frontispiece, title page, and colophon; plus numerous decorated initials. The boards are slightly bowed, but the vellum is in very good condition. Slipcase is slightly soiled. Internally the book is clean and bright, with no inscriptions or other markings. 150 pages. 235 x 155 mm (9¼ x 6 inches).
Book ID: 2520More details Price: £85.00 -
Exercitationes Religiosae
Singulis Diebus, Hebdomadis, et Mensibus Assumendae, ex S. Scriptura, SS. Patribus, Aliisque Probatissimis Scriptoribus Collectae. Quibus Accedit Historica per Tractatio, et Explicatio Rituum, Quibus S. Ecclesia Certis Anni Temporibus, et Maxime Solemnioribus Festis deibus utitur, una cum Methodo, Eadem Tempora, Eosdemoque Festos Dies ad Mentem Ecclesiae rite Peragendi.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1354More details Price: £120.00 -
Expecting someone taller
Book ID: 4273More details Price: £40.00
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Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, lithographie et architecture des artistes vivants, exposés au Palais des Champs-Élysées le 1er mai 1869.
Paris: Charles de Mourgues, 1869. First edition. Hardback. Original paper cover bound inside. Lovely more recent quarter leather binding with marbled boards. Gilt titles to spine. Catalogue of works exhibited in 1869. Leather on boards slightly rubbed, but overall very good. ci, 628 pp. 175 x 110 mm (7 x 4¼ inches).
. Ministere de la Maison de l'Empereur et des Beaux-Arts : Surintendance des Beaux-Arts : Salon de 1869 : 87e exposition officielle depuis d'annee 1673. Première édition. Relié. Couverture papier originale reliée à l'intérieur. Belle reliure quart de cuir plus récente à plats marbrés. Titres dorés. Catalogue des oeuvres exposées en 1869. Cuir sur les plats légèrement frottés, mais dans l'ensemble très bon. ci, 628 pages. 175 x 110 mm.
Book ID: 3978More details Price: £130.00 -
Exposition de Dessins Musée National du Luxembourg
Book ID: 4233More details Price: £100.00
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Extracts from an Article contained in the 58th Number of the "Annals of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith"
Also a piece entitled "Glance at the Missions" extracted from the Dublin review.
Edition: First Thus
Lyon: Society for the Propogation of the Faith, 1838. First edition. A single sheet, folded octavo, with 8 printed pages, uncut. This comprises two articles extracted from Annals of the Propagation of the Faith. One is a summary of the income and expenditure of the missions. An interesting summary - showing which of the missions and individuals received grants. The other, is a summary of the work of the missions, first published in the Dublin Review (no. 8). Overall, this is in a good condition. There is a touch of marking to the rear page only. Otherwise very clean and tidy.
Book ID: 1108More details Price: £10.00 -
Eye.
Gottingen: Steidl. 2009 Edition. FINE - a never opened copy, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. No bumps or wear. The book is bound in a hardcover of printed cloth, designed with a dark blue background, titled in white and with a decorative image of an eye in white, light blue and pink on the front panel. No dust jacket was issued. A selection of Bailey's photographs from 1962 to 2008. Mostly black & white, they feature influential directors, artists, fashion designers and musicians, including Andy Warhol, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yves Saint Laurent, John Huston and Ellsworth Kelly. 188 pages with 3 color plates, 89 tritone plates. 260 x 340 mm (10¼ x 13½ inches).
Book ID: 2177More details Price: £30.00 -
Fabelen uitgegeven door E. Bekker, Wed. A. Wolff en A. Deken.
S`Gravenhage: Isaac van Cleef, 1784. First Edition. Half leather binding with mottled boards. 42 engravings, comprising frontispiece - portrait medallions of the authors - by A. Cardon after W. Neering, title vignette by Cardon after J. Buys and 40 unsigned pictorial headpieces by Cardon and R. Vinkeles after Buys. Fables by La Fontaine, Lichtwer and many others translated and adapted by Bekker and Deken. Boards and leather are clean, with a little rubbing. The spine label is dulled with the gilt to the label missing. Internally in very good condition. The engraved headpieces mostly have their original tissue guards. Front board is a touch loose but still holding well. Previous owner's ex libris tipped into the inside board. xxxiv, 172 pp. 230 x 140 mm (9 x 5½ inches).
Book ID: 3195More details Price: £120.00 -
Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae, carminibus explicatae Editio nova. Cent fables choisies des anciens auteurs, mises en vers latins par G. F. et traduites par Mr. Perrault. Nouvelle édtion
Book ID: 2419More details Price: £550.00
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Faithless Nellie Gray.
Wymondham: Brewhouse Private Press, 1975. Limited edition of 80 in hardback cloth boards, with gilt stamped decoration. The poem is sometimes referred to as 'A Pathetic Ballad', this version is illustrated by Rigby Graham. It was published for private distribution at Christmas 1975. In the original work, the 42nd Foot refers to what was later known as the Royal Highland Regiment or Black Watch. Just light foxing to verso of marbled endpapers. Overall in good clean shape inside and out. 215 x 120 mm (8½ x 4¾ inches).
Book ID: 3975More details Price: £25.00 -
Fancies Free.
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Scarce First Edition. Victorian illustrated children's verse book [1892]. In pictorial boards, with cloth spine. Beautiful colour and duo tone illustrations by the author - including a half title page, and a frontispiece entitled 'Good Morning'. Has a neat 1894 owner's name in ink to the front endpaper. Some fading to the spine cloth, and some rubbing / light soiling to the boards. Minimal foxing to inside pages, mostly to prelims. Overall a very nice copy. [32] pp. 230 x 185 mm (9 x 7¼ inches).
Book ID: 2990More details Price: £250.00 -
Father Tuck's Book of Animals
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1900. Scarce children's educational book. Soft covers with colour illustration to front. Part of Father Tuck's Natural History series; circa 1900. RTS artistic series no. 3642. Unpaginated, fully illustrated - some in colour. In very good condition. No significant flaws. 150 x 220 mm (6 x 8¾ inches).
Book ID: 4163More details Price: £40.00 -
Ferragus Chef des Dévorants. Pointes-seches originales de Camille Berg.
Paris: Éditions Rombaldi, 1945. Limited edition soft back of this illustrated edition. Copy #309/410. Green soft back covers. Loose in gathers. Clean and tidy inside and out. A little chipping to the top edge of the spine. Illustrated throughout with Berg's line drawings. A very nice copy of this edition. 192 pages. 245 x 165 mm (9¾ by 6½ inches). Dos souple en édition limitée de cette édition illustrée. Copie #309/410. Couvertures arrière souples vertes. Ample en fronces. Propre et bien rangé à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur. Un peu d'écaillage sur le bord supérieur de la colonne vertébrale. Illustré partout avec les dessins au trait de Berg. Un très bel exemplaire de cette édition. 192 pages. 245 x 165 mm
Book ID: 3130More details Price: £80.00 -
Fidel Castro - original silver gelatin photograph
Paris: Photo Pic, [1959]. Large borderless b/w photograph of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, taken circa 1959. With the rubber stamp of Parisian photographer Roger Pic to the verso. Roger Pic (1920 - 2001) was a French photojournalist famed for his portraits and documentaries on anti-colonial struggles. He visited Cuba in the late 50's and 60's; forging personal relationships with both Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. This closeness enabled Pic to achieve images of unusual relaxation and candor. Very good condition. 205 x 305 mm (8 x 12 inches).
Book ID: 2895More details Price: £120.00 -
Fidel Castro - original silver gelatin photograph
Paris: Photo Pic, [1959]. Large borderless b/w photograph of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, taken circa 1959. With the rubber stamp of Parisian photographer Roger Pic to the verso. Roger Pic (1920 - 2001) was a French photojournalist famed for his portraits and documentaries on anti-colonial struggles. He visited Cuba in the late 50's and 60's; forging personal relationships with both Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. This closeness enabled Pic to achieve images of unusual relaxation and candor. 205 x 305 mm (8 x 12 inches).
Book ID: 2894More details Price: £200.00 -
Fifon.
"Collection l'arche de noë".
Strasbourg: L.R.D.L, 1954. First edition. Charming colourful embossed silhouette story book for children. All about Fifon the rabbit. Text in French. 16 pages. In very good condition. 270 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). Première édition. Charmant livre d'histoires colorées en relief pour enfants. Tout sur Fifon le lapin. Texte en français. 16 pages. Dans de très bonnes conditions. 270 × 195 mm
Book ID: 2647More details Price: £15.00 -
Fifty Caricatures.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1913. Lovely copy of this first American edition. Clean and bright green cloth covers, with gilt titles and design. Tipped in illustrations throughout. Some of Beerbohm's most memorable caricatures of the likes of Shaw, D'Annunzio, Hardy, Asquith, Rostand, Caruso, etc and etc. Unpaginated. 230 by 170mm (9 by 6¾ inches).
Book ID: 3245More details Price: £60.00 -
Figures d'aujourd'hui
illustrées de quarante et un portraits par CHANA ORLOFF
Book ID: 3934More details Price: £300.00
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Finck Cabinet Advertising poster
Mainz: Georg Aug. Walkter Drucker, 1910. A nobleman, accompanied by two liveried servants with champagne glasses, looks through his lorgnette at an oversized bottle of sparkling wine. Advertising poster for the Josef Finck & Co sparkling wine cellars, (Hoflieferanten) Mainz. Anonymous color lithograph on cardboard by published by Georg August Walter, Mainz around 1910.With the title in stone and typographic address On light cardboard. There is a 7cm closed tear (with old repair) to the right edge, and a small chip to the top left corner. Otherwise in very good condition. 420 by 595mm (16½ by 23½ inches).
Book ID: 3730More details Price: £100.00